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September 23, 2005

Cleveland Heights Might Seize Adelphia Fiber for Muni-Fi

Cleveland Heights wants fiber details: The network was built as a condition of the cable franchise, and the city might use eminent domain to seize the fiber from Adelphia if the cable giant doesn't turn over information about it for planning purposes. The city would prefer to lease or rent access for access for city workers that will also be available to those living or working near public buildings, according to the article.

OneCleveland already offers extensive hotspot service in connection with Case Western University, which opened up its entire campus and nearby wireless access to guests by separating university traffic from public traffic using a virtual network (VLAN). The city's proposal would tie in with the OneCleveland non-profit, which wants to bring broadband to public and nonprofit institutions in northeast Ohio.

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Now there's a thought... Say a telco kills a Muni WiFi plan while promising to provide service, then fails to follow through.

Can the local Government seize the telco facilities through eminent domain, and turn it over to *another* company to develop the service? Especially if having such a service provides economic benefit to the community?

Oh, the fallout from the Kelo decision is going to spread far and wide....